MD->Daz->ZBrush->Daz For clothing help?

callmepaul

Hi! Maybe someone can help me.

This is my current workflow. I'm creating my clothes in Marvelous Designer. For that I import my avatar to MD, then I apply the pose so that the folds of the clothes are generated. Then I export the result of the clothes to Daz. So far, so good.

Here my problem:
I would like to continue making alterations to the clothes then in ZBrush. For that I am using GoZ to go from one program to another. The problem is that when I change the geometry of the clothes in ZBrush to return to daz I lose the pattern and the texture of the clothes in the parts that I edited in ZBrush (in the image this is going to be easier to visualize. Pink is the original pattern/color. Violet is where I edit in ZBrush)

Is there any way that I can alter the clothes in ZBrush and not lose the texture and design when I go back to Daz.

Thanks a lot!

 

Richard Haseltine

If you are literally editing the item then no, because using GoZ removes grouping (and surfaces). GoZ is mainly set up for morph creation, which should not create a new model in the scene but just add a property to the existing model. More substantial editing is better handled via OBJ export/import.

callmepaul

Richard Haseltine said:

If you are literally editing the item then no, because using GoZ removes grouping (and surfaces). GoZ is mainly set up for morph creation, which should not create a new model in the scene but just add a property to the existing model. More substantial editing is better handled via OBJ export/import.

Thanks! So, in my case a better option would be to modify in ZBrush and the generate an OBJ file which I would later import into my scene right? My question with that approach is how can I place the clothes in my figure with it? Using transfer utility?

Thanks a lot for your help

Richard Haseltine

Yes, once you have the final OBJ use the Transfer Utility to rig it to the figure.

callmepaul

callmepaul said:

Richard Haseltine said:

If you are literally editing the item then no, because using GoZ removes grouping (and surfaces). GoZ is mainly set up for morph creation, which should not create a new model in the scene but just add a property to the existing model. More substantial editing is better handled via OBJ export/import.

Thanks! So, in my case a better option would be to modify in ZBrush and the generate an OBJ file which I would later import into my scene right? My question with that approach is how can I place the clothes in my figure with it? Using transfer utility?

Thanks a lot for your help

or you mean exporting my whole figure with clothes and everything, editing in Zbrush and then importing back to daz as 1 obj?

callmepaul

Richard Haseltine said:

Yes, once you have the final OBJ use the Transfer Utility to rig it to the figure.

Thanks!

Richard Haseltine

callmepaul said:

callmepaul said:

Richard Haseltine said:

If you are literally editing the item then no, because using GoZ removes grouping (and surfaces). GoZ is mainly set up for morph creation, which should not create a new model in the scene but just add a property to the existing model. More substantial editing is better handled via OBJ export/import.

Thanks! So, in my case a better option would be to modify in ZBrush and the generate an OBJ file which I would later import into my scene right? My question with that approach is how can I place the clothes in my figure with it? Using transfer utility?

Thanks a lot for your help

or you mean exporting my whole figure with clothes and everything, editing in Zbrush and then importing back to daz as 1 obj?

No, export the clothing items separately, and the figure if you want it as a guide. By default DS will not export items that are set to Visible Off.